Its been a story ever since the season finished in May, but it keeps on making an appearance in the papers. Even Paddy Crerand, of MUTV fame and former player of course suggests that Gaby will move this summer. As Crerand points out, Heinze won’t be happy sitting on the bench, now that Evra has become the first choice left back.

I don’t see it that way. I see that when Man United are playing a game they expect to win comfortably, they utilise the pace and attacking flair of Evra down the left, usually linking up with Giggs. I would see this as being a good use of a left back who’s arguably not the best at defending. When United are playing a game that they don’t assume they will win comfortably, and perhaps, expect to do more defending than usually, they use Heinze. He’s arguably the best defensive left back in the Premiership, so it would make sense to use him when we need to keep and clean sheet.

Granted, the way last season went, United went into far more games expecting to win comfortably than not, which meant that Evra got the nod more than Heinze. However, Heinze still got to play in a lot of games, and don’t forget, the first few months of the season he was still struggling with his knee, you could see he was easing himself back into playing in the first team.

I think it will be a shame if we have to let go of Heinze. He’s been one of my favourite players for the last few seasons. Players like him and Alan Smith, give it their all, what they lack in silky skills and talent they more than make up for in commitment and drive. The team needs players like them, let players like Kieron Richardson leave, but don’t let players like Heinze leave, he’s too good.